Yesterday my cousin and I went to wedding. Even though she asked me about a month ago to make her a dress (picture below) for the ceremony and two men shirts for some family members I decided to do it “McQueen” style… aka… one week before. And to add some excitement to the task I though I had to make a dress for myself too… (above)
African wedding equals African wax prints and color fusion… The print I used for her (above) was mandatory for the bride’s closest family member. As my cousin is pregnant, I decided to go for the ultimate maternity belly friendly shape, the empire line. I highly recommend this shape if you are pregnant of if you are planning to kill the buffet… For my dress I went freestyle with the print using a fabric I had at home and went for a heart shaped corset mini dress… Or as I called it that day a “don’t eat, it won’t fit in anyway” dress.
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She was happy with her dress and I was happy with mine until we bumped into an old man who was passing by the church carrying a huge cross (I swear I am not kidding) who told us that we would look much more pretty if we had covered up… For half a second we felt like the Antichrist in stilettos…
After the church we went to the dinner party (note that we were both wearing “eat all you can” dresses). So we ate… Later I met that really cute little girl which I thought was very nicely dressed up to her little sandals… So I adopted her for the evening and took her to the dance floor…
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The Fashionalists
16 August 2010 at 12 h 45 minJolie la robe de soirée rouge… 😉
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Heather
16 August 2010 at 12 h 50 minI love both the dresses that you made! Esp. yours! Fantastic job! And that little girl is way to adorable!!! I love her matching headband 🙂
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Sunshine
16 August 2010 at 15 h 27 minAbsolutely love the first dress. You're extremely talented. 🙂
Phiephie + Minnie
16 August 2010 at 18 h 45 minHa I love all you can eat dresses!!! It's they way forward 🙂
I hope you can check out The Fashion Smoke
Phiephie xx
Zarna
17 August 2010 at 1 h 33 minlove the dresses, especially the first one!
stayfabulous,
zarna
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Wynne Prasetyo
17 August 2010 at 9 h 48 minaww African wedding, everyone looks so beautiful. the little girl is so lovely too!:D
Marian
17 August 2010 at 11 h 35 minGorgeous wedding! Hope all went well
xoxo
Marian.
Daiane
17 August 2010 at 16 h 11 minhow cute is that little girl?
it was very interesting to read about the reason why you did each thing (print, empire line) on your cousin's dress. needless to say, i love the final result!
i also love your dress! especially the colors!
oxx from http://www.sweetfancytreat.com/
kirstyb
17 August 2010 at 18 h 51 minlovely outfits girlies xxxxx
Zabrinah
18 August 2010 at 6 h 58 minOh my goodness! You are SOOOOO talented at dress making. If I knew you, I'd get you to make outfits for me all the time! Just so beautiful, I love it.
Plus, those sandals are really cute!
🙂
Best wishes from one blogger to another,
~Zabrinah
Kelly
18 August 2010 at 22 h 55 minLovely dress you sewed!! And yes, eating at a wedding is a must!!
<3 Kelly
My Republic of Fashion
19 August 2010 at 16 h 38 minGorgeous dresses. Love them!!:)SarahD
Grégory De Vos
19 August 2010 at 21 h 25 minLe passage sur votre rencontre avec le vieil homme portant une énorme croix est juste hilarant! 🙂
De plus, les robes sont vraiment pas mal…
J'aime!
J E N E E N + N I C O L E
20 August 2010 at 5 h 30 minThat little girl is so adorable, and those sandals are super cute!
xxx
jeneen nicole
ryan
22 August 2010 at 23 h 36 minWow! You are really talented! great job on the dresses!
kerry
23 August 2010 at 6 h 30 minwow!!! you have an amazing talent! and those colours are divine!!!! just love your style.. just impeccable! loving your blog too, definitely your new follower 🙂
http://www.repeatwithbrazen.blogspot.com
Ayo T - Thinking
23 August 2010 at 21 h 41 minLove both of these dresses especially the second one.
Valentine
25 August 2010 at 10 h 35 minThanks guys for all the lovely comments!
And yes the little girl was just adorable!
xx
Val
Rhea Harris
8 September 2010 at 17 h 01 mini love love the little girl
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Anonymous
11 September 2010 at 7 h 12 minOn the first DRESS, l can't even say a word l can only make a noise, AOWWWWWWWW LOL That means its BADD valentine which means good to me
CaramelCandy
9 July 2011 at 9 h 35 minO.M.G. i love your dresses, real talent you got there, thumbs up !!
CC
Lasailor N
12 November 2011 at 23 h 34 mingood pictures !!!!
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